Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 schoochildren and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian ...

Anti-Christian violence combines the limitations that non-Muslims face under Islamic law, as well as the unclaimed violence in central Nigeria.

In a landmark event that has positioned Africa at the centre of global diplomacy, South Africa successfully hosted the G20 Leaders' Summit, delivering a strong message of international collaboration ...

Analysis - Within sight of Kenya's main international airport in Nairobi's east, Pipeline residential estate stands out like a sore thumb. Composed almost entirely of tightly packed high-rise tenement ...

Scolded for wanting to go to school as a girl and dismissed or ignored as an adult, Awrelia from Wau in South Sudan has learnt to advocate for herself, her children and for the women in her community.

Given the escalating scale of inequality in the world, shouldn't countries be banding together to set up an international panel on the issue, along the same lines as the Intergovernmental Panel on ...

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud lauded the country's teachers for their central role in rebuilding the nation's education sector, as he addressed a major ceremony marking Somali Teachers' Day ...

The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has lifted a months-long suspension on nine Somali representatives to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), clearing the way for them to take their ...

President William Ruto has announced that construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) extension from Naivasha to Kampala -- and onwards to Rwanda and the border of the Democratic Republic of ...

Blog - In 2001, when the late Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations was championed the creation of the Global Fund, he is famously quoted as saying "When I first mooted the idea ...